if we did not surrender they threatened to sink usthe ship was sunk in combat with the U.S.S Kearsargeif you are not strong mentally, the job can sink youthe fact that Gorbachev kept going after him, kept trying to get him, kept trying to sink him, led to a relationship where it was actually it's either me or you

to be sunkestar perdido

now we're sunk!without him we'd be well and truly sunkto sink sb's hopes/dreams

feuding economists have also temporarily sunk their differencesMr Havel called on Czechs and Slovaks to sink their differencesthis leaves the rival rebel leaders,Charles Taylor and Prince Johnson, still in the contest, but with no sign of their sinking their differences

The patient was sinking fast and was not expected to live much longer.

5(fall)(in amount, value)

the shares have sunk to three dollarslas acciones han bajado a tres dólares;he has sunk in my estimationha bajado en mi estima;his voice sank to a whispersu voz se redujo a un susurro

Wages have sunk so low in relation to the cost of livingThe pound has sunk to its lowest level against the dollarthe noise of the club sank to a dull thud as he moved further away

sink[sɪŋk]

sustantivo

(in kitchen)fregadero (m);pila (f);(in bathroom)lavabo (m);

adjetivo

[+estate]degradado;deprimido;[+school]con un nivel muy bajo

The poor, the unemployed and people living on sink estates are more likely to be criminal, depressed, suicidal and addicted to drugs than those in more comfortable circumstances...the sink estates that now blight most urban conurbations...sink schools for the pupils nobody else wanted...an inner city sink school with a class of 32, half of whom speak no English